Reading · B1 · Text 48

Wetter

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Weil das Wetter für viele Menschen wichtig ist, wollten sie es schon immer vorhersagen.
Because the weather is important to many people, they have always wanted to predict it.
Heute macht das eine eigene Wissenschaft, die Meteorologie.
Today, a separate science, meteorology, does this.
Fast überall auf der Welt stehen Wetterstationen, in denen der Wind, der Regen und anderes gemessen wird.
Almost everywhere in the world there are weather stations, in which wind, rain, and other things are measured.
Mit diesem Wissen kann man für die nächsten Tage recht gut ausrechnen, wo es wann zum Beispiel regnen wird.
With this knowledge, one can calculate quite well for the next few days, for example, where and when it will rain.
Mit dem Wort Witterung meint man das Wetter in einem Zeitraum in einer bestimmten Gegend.
By the word 'Witterung', one means the weather in a period of time in a particular region.

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Menschen← der Mensch

people plural of der Mensch

vorhersagen

to predict, forecast separable: vorher|sagen; forms: sagte vorher, vorhergesagt to forecast, to predict C1

Wissenschaft

science here: a scientific discipline science (a branch of knowledge or academic discipline dealing with a systematic body of facts or truths); science, the sciences taken as a whole;… B2/ˈvɪsənʃaft/

Meteorologie

meteorology science of weather

Welt

world in 'auf der Welt' = in the world (dative feminine)

Wetterstationen← die Wetterstation

weather stations plural of die Wetterstation

anderes

other things neuter singular indefinite pronoun; nominalized adjective

ausrechnen

to calculate, work out separable: aus|rechnen; forms: rechnete aus, ausgerechnet

zum← zu dem

to the (contraction of zu + dem) used in 'zum Beispiel' = for example

Witterung

weather (over a period), weather conditions in 'Mit dem Wort Witterung' = with the word 'Witterung'

Zeitraum

period of time in 'in einem Zeitraum' = in a period of time (dative masculine) period (of time) B2/ˈtsaɪ̯tʁaʊ̯m/

Gegend

area, region in 'in einer bestimmten Gegend' = in a certain area (dative feminine)

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'weil' (verb-final)

Weil das Wetter für viele Menschen wichtig ist

The conjunction 'weil' introduces a reason clause. The conjugated verb moves to the end of the clause; here 'ist' is at the end.

Relative clause with prepositional pronoun

in denen der Wind, der Regen und anderes gemessen wird

The relative pronoun 'denen' (dative plural of der/die/das) after the preposition 'in' introduces a relative clause describing 'Wetterstationen'. The verb agrees with the last subject element ('anderes' is singular), so 'gemessen wird'.

Passive voice (present) with 'werden' + Partizip II

gemessen wird

The passive is formed with 'werden' plus the past participle. Here 'gemessen wird' shows an action done to the subjects (Wind, Regen, anderes).

Indirect question with 'wo' and future with 'werden'

wo es wann zum Beispiel regnen wird

This is a subordinate clause introduced by 'wo' (with 'wann' as an additional interrogative). The finite verb 'wird' goes to the end. 'werden + Infinitiv' expresses a future event.

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